Victor Marcel Acosta
acostaphysics.bsky.social
Victor Marcel Acosta
@acostaphysics.bsky.social
AMO Physics, magnetic resonance, solid-state spins, academia, NY Mets, UNM Lobos, occasional grumpy contrarian.
https://sites.google.com/site/victormarcelacosta/
In my experience it isn't that hard both as reviewer and applicant. Just a change that folks have to get used to.
identities can sometimes be guessed but not enough to kill concept.

But I don't know exactly what applicant characteristics it selects for/against. might not be exactly what we'd guess.
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I think it's cool that they do blind review. Curious what the various breakdowns are before and after they started that.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Link to the Lauer blog post? I couldn't find it for some reason
October 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I don't get it. Gerrymandering is just as much of a both sides, race to the bottom issue. And far more entrenched, solutions are harder than scotus walking back the relatively recent Citizens United case.
September 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Love your blog, but this really ought to say RF pulse amplitude
August 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Not my field, but the actual arxiv paper didn't seem so bad to me (except for the 3 column format!), was it?

This computer-generated clickbait article jumbled the words up.
August 14, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Because almost all his political positions were formed in the 80s and he doesn't update them. In this case he took the Reagan position opposing "unfair trade" with Japan.
March 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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He's not a student of history, is he?

As well as being an utter cockwomble.
March 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
How does that even work tho. Country is devastated and they just volunteer to turn over 3 years worth of GDP? I haven't followed the news much but sounds like a classic trump BS empty threat.
February 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hopefully it ends up not mattering, we'll see. That notice is great fodder for convincing students to work on their technical writing.
February 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM